In re Tang Tun
District Court, W.D. Washington
Habeas Corpus. For relief of alleged citizens of Chinese parentage, whose right to enter the United States was denied by officers of the Immigration Bureau.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
In the first of these cases, a man and his wife are contending for the right to come into the United States to reside permanently, and that right has been denied by officers of the government, on the ground that they are Chinese persons who are, by the laws of this country, prohibited from entering. The husband, although of Chinese parentage, has discarded the queue and garb which distinguish the Chinese in outward appearance from the people of other nationalities, and he claims this as his native country ■and the rights of a citizen. The evidence proves conclusively…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. Wong Kim ArkSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- United States v. Ju ToySupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Chin Yow v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. Mrs. Gue LimSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- United States v. LimDistrict Court, D. Washington · 1897
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